The report of the Javid Chowdhury Committee facilitated the resumption, in February 2010, of vaccine production in the three public sector units, one in Himachal Pradesh and the other two in Tamil Nadu. Javid Chowdhury, a former Health Secretary of the Government of India, recommended that the suspension of their licenses for manufacturing vaccines in 2008 should be revoked in the public inteRest and on the strength of the compliance...
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Orissa: Narayanpatna on the boil again over land grabbing
Narayanpatna, a tribal dominated area in Orissa's Koratpur district, is once again on the boil. It was just in 2009, that Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh, an organisation believed to be a frontal body of Maoists, was involved in a land-grab movement that shocked the Rest of the state. In July 2009, the organisation had forcibly taken over 2000 acres of land, owned by non-tribals, forcing 400 Dalit families to flee. Now, after a...
More »MFIs cannot collect inteRest more than the principal
The accumulated inteRest collected by microfinance institutions (MFIs) on loans shall not exceed the principal amount, according to the much-awaited ordinance promulgated by Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan here on Friday to put a check on their activities. However, the inteRest rate chargeable by the MFIs finds no mention in the ordinance as the government is of the view that this falls under the purview of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), according...
More »In September alone, 98 children died in Melghat by Meena Menon
Malnutrition or due to socio-economic reasons and backwardness? Ninety-eight children under six died of various causes in Maharashtra's Melghat region in September alone. While confirming this, Amravati district health officer S.K. Yelurkar told The Hindu that there was no outbreak of any illness and the deaths were due to “routine socio-economic reasons and the backwardness of the region.” The foRested region, comprising Dharni and Chikhaldara taluks, is largely inhabited by Korku Adivasis...
More »Farmers on yatra make bonfire of GM seeds
On the eve of the World Food Day, hundreds of farmers belonging to the Kisan Swaraj Yatra made a bonfire of genetically modified seeds at Jalna on Friday to symbolically oppose the corporatisation of seeds and to encourage farmers to retain seed diversity. “We want to put out a message to fellow Indian farmers to acknowledge, appreciate and understand our own breeding abilities and improve on it, to avoid getting trapped...
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